Minnesota Vikings at Pittsburgh Steelers

December 2, 2001

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Minnesota Vikings	3	0	0	13	16
Pittsburgh Steelers	0	7	14	0	21

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
13:32	Min	FG	FG Gary Anderson 25	Min 3, Pit 0
2nd Quarter
4:34	Pit	TD	Jerome Bettis 1 run (Kris Brown Kick)	Pit 7, Min 3
3rd Quarter
7:56	Pit	TD	Troy Edwards 12 run (Kris Brown Kick)	Pit 14, Min 3
14:16	Pit	TD	Amos Zereoue 4 run (Kris Brown Kick)	Pit 21, Min 3
4th Quarter
8:31	Min	TD	Michael Bennett 80 pass from Todd Bouman (Gary Anderson Kick)	Pit 21, Min 10
11:38	Min	TD	Randy Moss 12 pass from Todd Bouman (Pass failed)	Pit 21, Min 16

Missed Field Goals: Min - Gary Anderson 38; Pit - Kris Brown 40

Attendance: 62,661

Team Statistics

Minnesota Vikings Pittsburgh Steelers

First downs 12 21

Rushes - yards 16 - 45 46 - 207

Passing 340 157

Punt returns 1 - 9 2 - 28

Kickoff returns 4 - 93 4 - 54

Interception returns 1 - 11 2 - 35

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 23 - 32 - 2 13 - 19 - 1

Sacked - yards lost 0 - 0 0 - 0

Punts 3 - 47.7 4 - 38.3

Fumbles - lost 1 - 1 2 - 1

Penalties - yards 5 - 36 3 - 30

Time of possession 22:11 37:49

Passing

Minnesota Vikings Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Daunte Culpepper 17 12 140 8.24 0 1 27 0 0 70.7

Todd Bouman 15 11 200 13.33 2 1 80t 0 0 127.1

Pittsburgh Steelers Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Kordell Stewart 19 13 157 8.26 0 1 24 0 0 71.6

Rushing

Minnesota Vikings Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Michael Bennett 13 34 2.6 12 0

Doug Chapman 1 9 9.0 9 0

Todd Bouman 1 4 4.0 4 0

Travis Prentice 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0

Pittsburgh Steelers Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Jerome Bettis 19 81 4.3 22 1

Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala 12 74 6.2 46 0

Jon Witman 2 16 8.0 14 0

Amos Zereoue 5 15 3.0 4t 1

Troy Edwards 1 12 12.0 12t 1

Kordell Stewart 7 9 1.3 21 0

Receiving

Minnesota Vikings Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Randy Moss 8 144 18.0 62 1

Cris Carter 4 35 8.8 22 0

Michael Bennett 2 80 40.0 80t 1

Jake Reed 2 35 17.5 27 0

Byron Chamberlain 2 25 12.5 17 0

Harold Morrow 2 18 9.0 11 0

Chris Walsh 2 7 3.5 5 0

Doug Chapman 1 -4 -4.0 -4 0

Pittsburgh Steelers Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Plaxico Burress 6 86 14.3 24 0

Hines Ward 3 37 12.3 19 0

Jerome Bettis 1 16 16.0 16 0

Jerame Tuman 1 12 12.0 12 0

Bobby Shaw 1 3 3.0 3 0

Amos Zereoue 1 3 3.0 3 0

Kickoff Returns

Minnesota Vikings Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Nate Jacquet 4 93 23.3 0 34 0

Pittsburgh Steelers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Hank Poteat 3 34 11.3 0 15 0

Troy Edwards 1 20 20.0 0 20 0

Punt Returns

Minnesota Vikings Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Nate Jacquet 1 9 9.0 2 9 0

Pittsburgh Steelers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Troy Edwards 1 28 28.0 0 28 0

Hank Poteat 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

Punting

Minnesota Vikings Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Mitch Berger 3 143 47.7 53 0 0 0 38.3 2 28

Pittsburgh Steelers Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Josh Miller 4 153 38.3 43 0 2 0 36.0 1 9

Defense

Minnesota Vikings Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Robert Griffith 1 11 11.0 11 0 0.0 0.0

Pittsburgh Steelers Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Brent Alexander 2 35 17.5 22 0 0.0 0.0

2001 NFL Scoreboard
Week 12

Thu, Nov 29, 2001

Philadelphia
Kansas City 23
10 Final

Sun, Dec 2, 2001

Detroit
Chicago 10
13 Final

Tampa Bay
Cincinnati 16
13 F/OT

Tennessee
Cleveland 31
15 Final

Denver
Miami 10
21 Final

Carolina
New Orleans 23
27 Final

New England
NY Jets 17
16 Final

Minnesota
Pittsburgh 16
21 Final

Indianapolis
Baltimore 27
39 Final

San Diego
Seattle 10
13 F/OT

Dallas
Washington 20
14 Final

Arizona
Oakland 34
31 F/OT

St. Louis
Atlanta 35
6 Final

Buffalo
San Francisco 0
35 Final

Mon, Dec 3, 2001

Green Bay
Jacksonville 28
21 Final

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